LONDON: The death of a nurse has been linked to a weight loss jab due to be assessed by the UK government as a way of easing pressure on the overburdened state-run National Health Service, the BBC reported on Friday (Nov 8). Susan McGowan's death is believed to be the first time the drug tirzepatide, kno

Nurse Susan McGowan, 58, died in September after taking two injections of the new generation of drugs

Susan McGowan, 58, died in September after taking two doses of the new generation of weight loss jabs known as GLP-1 agonists, which are being rolled out on the NHS

The UK’s drug’s watchdog has warned people over the use of counterfeit medications which could contain insulin - with many using the drug for "aesthetic reasons".

Any occasion when a medication that's meant to improve someone's life cuts it short has to be viewed as an absolute tragedy.